Re: if you only had 75 minutes

[Stephen Newmann <newmann@msmary.edu>]

I have found it very useful in teaching composition (actually in giving
any writing assignment) to give my students a written description of the
assighment that includes the actual assighment--what the student is being
asked to write--along with a list of "goals" for the assignment, some
prompts that might help with pre-writing, and the criteria on which the
grade for the writing will be based.  I think any 75 min. workshop on
teaching comp should include at least some time for how to write the
writing assignment.

			  stephen newmann
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On Mon, 3 Nov 1997, WILL HOCHMAN wrote:

> Nick, that "chance" is something I don't leave to fate...I like to assign
> "metawriting" with most of my assignments...in essence, I ask my students
> to "tell the story" of writing the essay.  This helps students see their
> own processes more quickly (we practice process but we can also show
> writers to become more aware of their individual process needs) and it
> helps me respond more intelligently...10-15 minutes of metawriting can
> cut through a lot of crap--i recommend it! will
> 
> On Sun, 2 Nov 1997, Nick Carbone wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Ever get the chance to look at a student's journal entry on a topic and
> > then her paper?  Sometimes it's like two different people.  Students see
> > it too. You'll tell them that what's in the journal sounds so much better
> > and ask why they didn't say it that way in the paper.  The most common
> > anser I get is a variant of 'I didn't think I was allowed to or that I
> > should.'  Pretty much the same reasons Sanders and Eldred gave for taking
> > so long to write personal essays.  
> > 
> > 
> > Nick Carbone, Writing Instructor
> > Marlboro College
> > Marlboro, VT 05344
> > nickc@marlboro.edu, but coming to you via nickc@english.umass.edu
> > 
> > 
> > 
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